Belt-chain.



No. 893,607. PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

S. P. GLOUSER.

BELT CHAIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.11,1907.

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Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed September 11, Serial No. 392,351.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. CLOUSER, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Chains, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those-skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to belt chains for use as power chains, elevator chains, conveyer chains and. like purposes; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved endless belt chain of this class which may be cheaply formed and conveniently used for any oi the various purposes specified. The invention fully disclosed in the tot lowing specification, or" which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are desig nated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which;

Figure l. is a plan view of a short section at a chain used by me in the production in 4 uiacture of my improved endless belt chain; Fig. 2 a side View of a pulley in connection with which my improved endless belt chain is employed; Fig. 3 a face View of the pulley and chain as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a perspective view showing the end links of a chain made as shown in Fig. l. to form an endless belt chain as shown in 2; Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 4 show ing another step of the process of connecting the end. links of the chain to form the endless belt or drive chain; Fig. 6 a view similar to Figs. 4: and 5 but showing the end links of the chain full connected; and, Fig. 7 a view of a blank from which one of the links of the chain shown in Fig. l, is made.

. In the practice of my invention, I take a chain a, Fig. 1, all the links of which are similar in form and each of said links is made from a blank a shown in Fig. 7, the said blank consisting oi? rectangular end pieces a shaving longitudinal slots 01' openings a and connected by a central longitudinal strip (.0 and in forming a link from this blank the said blank is folded centrally of the strip a so that one of the end pieces or parts (2 will lie flat upon the other, and in this operation.

l. into a lo o the central. strip a?" is tonne ring member a", and the rectangular body port's end with said loop or projects centrally t.

one step of connecting transverse width of tile loop or ring member a is preferably substantially the same as the transverse width of the separate side portions of the body part of the link and of the transverse width of the ends of the body por ti on of the link. In connecting a number of links made in this way to form a chain, the

side parts of the separate links are separated and one of the side parts of one link is passed between the side parts of the other link and the said links are swung into position so that the loop or ring member a of one will engage the opposite transverse end portion of the other link, and in this way a chain of any desired length may be formed.

in order to describe the method of connecting the ends of a chain made in this n'ianner so as to form an endless belt or drive chain, the end links of the chain shown in Fig. i will be giver lilicrent reference characters, one of said the reference character l) and the other by the reference cba cent to the link. c by the. reference character at, and these are the links shown in Fig. 4, and the links a and only are shown in Figs. 5. and 6. The transverse ortion of one part of the body portion of the link 0 opposite the loop or ring member a is shtted transvers ly and tion, or longiat c, and the 'nk d is turned link as shown in Fig. 5 sa d part of the link 0 is raised she after which the link d is swung back under the raised part of the link c and the opposite s of said link is .raised also and the lil k d is swung back onto the end part of the other portion of the link 0 as shown in Fig. l, and the link I) at the opposite end of the chain is passed on over the raised part oi the link as indicated in Fig. 4. One side part of the raised portion of the link a is then depressed and the loo or ring member a of the link cl is swung t ereonto after which the other side part of the raised portion of the link a is depressed, and the link (Z may then be swung back into the osition shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. l and the on s of the chain are connected to form the belt'or drive in shown in and 3. I have also s own in Figs. Zand 3, a pulley or drive wheel e which is particnlarl adapted for use in connection with my improved belt or We chain, and said pulley is provided at the opposite sides of and the 0th l tc nksbeing designated by tcter c, and the link adjathe perimeter thereof int sprockets e is substantially equal to the length of the body portion of the links of the drive chain and the distance between the separate sprockets of each pair is substantially the same as the transverse width of the neck of the ring or loop members a of the linksof said chain, and in the operation of the pulley or wheel e and in the movement of the chain thereon, the separate pairs of sprockets e bear on the ends of the body portions of the links of the chain. It will be observedthat between the body portion of each link and its loop or ring member a is a short neck portion (i and these neck portions fit, in the operation of the pulley. and chain, between the separate pairs, ofsprockets e and the cross head portions of the body part of each link opposite the loop or ring members a are free to turn inthe corresponding 100 or ring members of the corresponding 1' sof the chain.

' Itwill be understpod that my improved belt chain or drive chain may be used in connection with any kind or class of apparatus, andwhile in the 'accom anying'drawing, I

' have shown butone pu ey or wheel, it.will

be understood that two or more may be pro- .vided, and my improved belt or drive chain may be used as'a conveyer or bucket chain in which case the buckets will be attached directly to the body portions. of the links by bolts or screws passingthrough the slots or o enings a and in this way a conveyer or e evator chain may be made without providing any independent form of attachment (for connecting the buckets with said chain.

' In the form of construction shown, the spaces between the separate pairs of sprockets on the wheel 6 are not segmental or areshaped but are preferably composed of two straight facets or; surfaces, and in practice I the-body portions. of the links of the chain rest on these facets orsurfaces, and it will be understood that the pulley or wheel may be Patent, is

1. An endless belt power chain composed of links/each consisting of a blank composed of two rectangular end portions connected by a longitudinal strip, said blank being folded centrally-of saidstrip so' as to form a loopyor" ring member of the latter and the body of the link from the se arate end parts thereof, the transverse en ortion oi the body. part of-one' of the end s of the chain opposite the loop or ring member thereof be-.

ing slitted transversely, or longitudinally of the link.

2. A power chain link'composed of a blank consisting of two similarrectangular and oblong end portions connected by a longitudinal-strip, said blank being folded centrally of said strip so as to form the body portion of the link from said end portions and a 100 or ring member from said strip at one en of the body portion of the link, one of the end portions of the blank being slitted longitudij nally of the link at the end opposite theloop .tion and a neck portionat one end of the j body portion forming a loop or ring, the dis- 7 tance between the separate pairs of sprockets being substantially equal to the length of the body portion of said links, and the neck portion of'the loop or ring membersof the chain being adapted to fit between the sprockets of the separate pairs whereby the :said sprock ets of the separate pairs in the operationof the apparatus bear on the ends of the body portion of said links, the links of the chain being each composed of a blank consisting of two similar end portions connected by a longitudinal strip, said blank being folded centrally of said strip so as to. form the body portion of the link from said end portions and the loop or ring member at one end of the body portion of the link, one of the end por' tions of the blank which form the body portion of the link being slitted-"longitudinally of the link at the-end opposite the loop or ring member. I

4. A power chain composed, of a blank consisting of two similar rectangular and oblong end portions having oblong openings and connected by a longitudinal strip of substantially one-third the transverse dimen-- sions of the end portions, said blank being folded centrally of said strip so as to form the body portion of the link from said end portions and a loop or ring member at one end of.

said link from said strip, one of the end portions of the blank from which the body portion of the link is formed being slitted longitudinally of the link at. the end opposite the locip or ring memben':

testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in pres- .ence of-thesubscribing witnesses this 6th day of September 1907. a

I SAMUEL F. CLOUSE-R. Witnesses w M. E. Doonv,

C. E. MULREANY. 

